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Riverside · United States

Car hire and driving in Riverside

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In United States traffic drives on the right. Picking up at ONT means 22 km (14 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q533806.

Drives from Riverside

Car rental from Riverside: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Riverside to OntarioUnited States26 km (16 mi)about 22 min
Riverside to PomonaUnited States35 km (22 mi)about 28 min
Riverside to OrangeUnited States46 km (29 mi)about 37 min
Riverside to MurrietaUnited States48 km (30 mi)about 39 min
Riverside to Santa AnaUnited States49 km (31 mi)about 40 min
Riverside to AnaheimUnited States50 km (31 mi)about 40 min
Riverside to FullertonUnited States50 km (31 mi)about 40 min
Riverside to IrvineUnited States51 km (31 mi)about 41 min
Riverside to West CovinaUnited States52 km (32 mi)about 42 min
Riverside to Garden GroveUnited States54 km (34 mi)about 44 min
Riverside to TemeculaUnited States56 km (35 mi)about 46 min
Riverside to Costa MesaUnited States59 km (37 mi)about 48 min
Riverside to Los AngelesUnited States79 km (49 mi)about 1 h 4 min
Riverside to TijuanaMexico165 km (103 mi)about 2 h 15 min
Riverside to PhoenixUnited States495 km (308 mi)about 6 h 43 min
Riverside to Ciudad JuárezMexico1,051 km (653 mi)about 14 h 15 min
Riverside to San DiegoUnited States139 km (87 mi)about 1 h 53 min
Riverside to MexicaliMexico233 km (145 mi)about 3 h 10 min
Riverside to San JoseUnited States554 km (344 mi)about 7 h 31 min
Riverside to ChihuahuaMexico1,225 km (761 mi)about 16 h 37 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Riverside?

The right, as everywhere in United States.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.